Accidents, incidents and near misses should be reported through the NZHGPA Accident and Incident Reporting System (AIRS). You can fill out an AIRS report by clicking the red button below.

Pilots are required to fill in an AIRS report within 10 days of an accident and 14 days of an incident. If you are unsure what to do, ask your Club Safety Officer for guidance. See below for our list of Club Safety Officers.

AIRS reports are covered by Just Culture, a legal framework designed to protect pilots who submit reports. Just Culture means the information provided cannot be used for investigation or disciplinary action unless the pilot has deliberately falsified information in the report or has unnecessarily endangered other people or property. Instead, the information collected in the AIRS is used for statistical analysis and to inform the NZHGPA’s safety policies. You can read more about your protections under Just Culture here.

AIRS reports will be stored on NZHGPA and CAA databases. Anonymised versions are publicly available to be read here, in the interests of transparency and learning.

If you would like to provide information on an incident or accident you witnessed, please fill out the Witness Report by clicking the orange button below. These reports are stored in an NZHGPA database and are not publicly available.

For all you data nerds who want to do a deep dive into our accident and incident statistics, check out the interactive real-time live AIRS Hub (Accident & Incident Database) by clicking the blue button below.